Press Room

President Vetoes Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education Appropriations Bill

"Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in both the Senate and the House of Representatives affirmed their support for greater government investment in cancer research this week, passing an appropriations bill that includes increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- November 1, 2007 -- "The decision of Congressional negotiators to pursue funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that exceeds both the House- and Senate-passed funding levels is a major step forward in support of ground-breaking and lifesaving cancer research.

Presidential forums on cancer scheduled for today and tomorrow in Cedar Rapids, Iowa serve to elevate the importance of cancer on the national agenda and offer an opportunity for all presidential candidates to commit that they will make fighting cancer, the number one killer of Americans under age 85, a signature priority of their Administration.

Members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services confirmed a renewed commitment to reinvigorate the war on cancer today, supporting the inclusion of a more than one-billion dollar increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for FY 2009.

Statement of Daniel E. Smith, President, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network^SM

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sept.

Ten Thousand Americans Unite to Urge Congress to Boost Government Investment in Cancer Research and Programs

Survivors from all 50 States Visit Nation’s Capital for
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Celebration on the Hill 2006

As the House continues trying to develop a budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2007, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) today hailed progress in an effort to secure additional health funding and again called on lawmakers to support funding levels sufficient for helping put the country back on track toward achieving the nation’s challenge goal of eliminating suffering and death from cancer by the year 2015.

As the House Budget Committee begins deliberating this week, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN) is continuing its campaign to increase Cancer Research Funding by urging Representatives to join their Senate colleagues and insist upon a budget that restores and increases Cancer Research Funding.